People with Alliterative Names: S-Z Quiz

Answer: Steven Stills

Stills in a musician, well known for his talent to play a variety of instruments and his singing-songwriting with bands "Buffalo Springfield" and "Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young" (among others). Steven Stills has also had a successful solo career, releasing his 9th solo album in 2007.

Answer: Swan

Serinda Swan was born in West Vancouver in 1984. Her breakthrough role was as Erica Reed in the TV series "Breakout Kings", and she has also had a number of small roles in episodes of several other series, including "Supernatural" and "Hawaii Five-0".

Answer: False

"Tommy Tutone", founded in 1978, had a lead singer known as Tommy Heath. Their biggest hit was the 1981 song "867-5309/Jenny", which reached number 4 on the US Billboard charts.

Answer: Tina Turner

Turner was born Anna Mae Bullock in 1939. She started her musical career using the name "Little Ann" in 1958, but changed her stage name when marrying Ike Turner. She decided to retain her name upon divorcing him in 1978, after a well-publicized physically violent relationship finally ended.

Answer: Italian

Umberto is an Italian first name, derived from the Germanic "Humbert", meaning "bright warrior". Umberto Utili was an Italian general during the Greco-Italian war in World War II. Umberto Urbano was an Italian opera singer from the early 20th century.

Answer: Vincent Vega

Vargas and Vaĝeková are both successful models named Victoria. Vince Vaughn is a Hollywood actor and producer whose first credited role was a film called "Rudy" in 1993. Vincent Vega is the character played by John Travolta in "Pulp Fiction".

Answer: Woodrow Wilson

Scottish hero William Wallace died in 1305; British poet William Wordsworth in 1850; US poet Walt Whitman in 1892. Former US President Wilson was in fact the only option who lived in the 20th century, dying in 1924, just three years after the end of his presidency.

Answer: True

"X" is a very challenging letter to find an alliterative name for! Pinyin is a phonetic system for transcribing Mandarin into Latin alphabet sounds, and has become officially accepted in Taiwan in 2009. Jessica's filmography includes a long and diverse set of roles on TV and in film.

Answer: Film

Yoji Yamada is a Japanese film director, famous for works such as "The Twilight Samurai", "The Hidden Blade" and "Love and Honor" (which make up his "Samurai Trilogy"). Yamada, born in Osaka in 1931, entered the film industry as a script writer before taking on assistant director, and then director roles.

Answer: Zinedine Zidane

Three of these options are sportsmen, but only one (Zidane) was born in France. Zidane was born in Marseille in 1972 after his parents emigrated to France from Algeria. Zindane's successful football career came to an end when he retired following France's loss to Italy in the 2006 World Cup Final.

In a controversial end to his career, he received a red card late in the match after headbutting an opponent in the chest.